Display cabinet



Aug. 12 1924. 1,504,933

. A. BRAUNSTEIN DISPLAY C'ABINET Filed oct. 1. 1923 3 sheets-sheet l ATTORNEY Av1. 29 1924., a 1,504,933

- A. BRAUNSTEIN DISPLAY CABINET Filed ocr. 1. 1925 s sheets-sheet 2 ug. 12, i924. 3,504,933

. BRAUNSTEIN DISPLAY CABINET Filed Oct. 3. 1923 5 Sheets-Shea?, 5

INVENTOR 1 mi? KM UNITED sTAT-,Es

ACHILLE BRAUNSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ANCHOR CORRUGATING i PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTRUCTION GO., F NEW YORK. N. Y., .A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

nrsrcaY CABINET.

Application filed October 1, 1923. Serial No. 665,768.

new and useful Improvements in Display Cabinets, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanylng drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to display cabinets,

and aims to provide a cabinet adapted to serve both as a stand for displaying mer` chandise and as a safe storage place for the merchandise.

A feature of the invention consists in providing the cabinet with holders or pockets for displaying the merchandise and in arranging the cabinet in such a 'manner that these holders may be placed either outside or insidethe cabinet. As the result the merchandise'may be locked up in the cabinet while still heldin the display holders so that it is ready for display when the parts of the cabinet are replaced in display position.

Other features and advantagesof the -in'- vention are hereinafter d escribed.

INhile a display cabinet embodying the invention may be used in connection with many types of merchandise, it is particularly valuable for use for the display and storage of magazines, newspapers and similar articles. In `order to make clear the nature of the invention, I will therefore describe in detail the news stand cabinet which'is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and. which embodies the invention in the form which I now consider most desirable.

In the drawings f Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the cabinet sectioned on the line 1--1 of Fig. 2, and showing the cabinet in display position;

' Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet on a smaller scale,^sectioned on the line QM?! of Fig. 1, and showing the cabinet in display position; y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectionalvelevation of the cabinet in closed or storage position;

Fig. 4 is a partial side elevation of the cabinet in closed or storage position, with.-

parts broken away and parts in section;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing one of the hinges of the front shelf of the cabinet;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3; and

F ig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section on 'the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

The cabinet shown in the drawings is con-` structed. entirely of metal. l As thestructure of the cabinet embodies certain'features of the invention, the construction of the metal cabinet illustrated will'be described in detail, although it should be understood that the broader features of the invention may be embodied in a cabinet constructed of wood or other desired material.

The cabinet illustrated is provided with two vfront corner posts 10, 10', and two rear corner posts 11` 11', all of the same length. Each post has the form of an angle iron and fthe lower portion of each post serves as a leg for the body of the cabinet. The walls of the cabinet are made of sheet metal. whose` thickness is Aconsiderably exaggerated in the drawings for the sake of clearness. The

back wall 12 of the cabinet has inturned side flanges 13, which are secured to the side fianges 14 of the rear posts 11. 11, and an inturned bottom flange 15 which is a little distance above the lower ends of the bach posts. The upperend of the back wall 12 extends to the top the back posts 11, 11 and is `rear edges rest on the bottom flanges and Y 15 of the front and back walls 17, 12 andare provided with upturned flanges 23, 24 which are secured to the lower portions of the front and back walls. The side edges of the botT tom 22 are turned over to provide rectangular sills 25, 25 which are spaced inwardly from the side flanges 19 and 14 of the front` and back posts 10, 10', 11, 11. A box shaped member 28 is secured tothe l upper/.parts of the corner posts and provides a horizontal partition or table 29 in the cabinet.. The member 28 has a back 30 and sides 31, 31A extending upward-ly `from the table 29 to the topsof'the corner posts and. secured to the baclrcorner posts 11, 11f inside the back wall 1 2. The front endsof the sides l31,131.L are secured directly to the side flanges 19 of the front posts` 10, 10. The front edge of the table29 is turned down to forni a U'-shaped flange 32 which fits over the v upper edge of the front wal-l 1 7. The back y Y playfpocket v33. 1.5i

'30 is lprovided on its inner side with a disvThe. parts thus far: described are permanently. 'attached t'o thev corner'posts or toV Teach other and provide a cabinet -with a largexlow'er Chamberv 35 which is closed at v, jits'front, ba'ck, top and bottom, and is open at itssides. and a small upper chamber 36 which is closed at its bot`toni,'sides7 'and back,

fand is` openat its top and front. The movable portionsofthe cabinet next to be -de` scribed may be associated with the fixed portions ofthecabinetin two different ways', in

alone' of-which they pro-vide for the displayof merchandise, and in thel other lof which they form .closures Afor' the side. openings. of the chamber and for-.the top' and Ifront 'openings'of'the 'chamber 3 6;

bemadeof sheet metal. 'Each side wall is v`provided'on one of its sides, which for convenience l term its inner side, with a number inner side of the side wall and is adapte-d to fit/over oneof the sillsl 25, 25. The. upper *gend o-f each 'side wal-l is bent to forinfa double Lilfflange 43 project-ineq from each side'of the f wall and ladapted to iit over theupper edge of one of the sides 36v of the boX member 28.

f-l Each side wall is provided with side flanges Uf-Whosev upper portions 44 arey turned 'in the inner side rof the wall and whose loweryportions 45are turned in at right' angles to the wall. .I

Tofacilitate securing the sidewalls to thecabinet vand to prevent lateral .movement inA therside walls7 the' cabinet is provided with fonrguides 50, 51. Each guide consists.of fa bent strip of sheet metal extendvertioally 4from the table 28 -tothe bottom .22.v @The guide 50 has an outer flange 52 which; is secured tothe side flange19 of the corner,postsv 11,. and maybe placed between this side flange 19and-the side flange 13 of theback' wall.12. as. shown in Fig'.` 7; a

middlevflangeS .which extends yinwardly at right anglesto its outer flangex52; and an inner. flange 54 extending at right Vanglesto the middle Hange753. The lowermost portionof the inner tiange ont from the The 'cabinet is provided with removable and reversible side walls-40, 40 which may cabinet, the middle flanges 53 of the guides 3 50 and 51 engage its side flanges and prevent lateral movement of the wall; while the inner flanges 54 of the guides, and par ticularly the inwardly bent portions 55 of these. flanges, guide the U-flange 42 of the ywall into engagement with the sill 25.

The upper part of the side wall lies against one of the sides 36 of the member 2S and one side of its double-Ufange 43 hooks over the top edge of this side. applied to the. cabinet either with its pockets 41 turned outward, shown in Fig. 2, or with its pockets turned inward. as shown in Fig. 3. In the former position, which l term display position the side wall is inclined outwardly owing to the fact that its U-fiange 42 projects from the same side of the wall as the pockets. ln the latter position, which l term closed position the sirh` wall is vertical. 7hen the side wall is in closed position its lower end is held against outward movement by engagement with its U-flange 42 with the sill 25 while its-upper end is held against outward movement by the engagement'. of one side of its double U-flange`43 with on(` of the sides 36. A slight upward movement of the side wall from this position disengages both of its U-fianges 42. 43 so that it may be movedv outwardly away from the cabinet. The operation of the side wall 40 is thesamc as that of. the side wall '40.

A shelf is provided to serve either as .a closure for the front of the upper chamber 36 or as a continuation of the table 29. rl`his shelf is secured to the table 29 by means of hinges 61. The shelf consists of strip 62 of sheet 'metal and an angle iron 63 having j one of its flanges 64 secured to the inner edge portion of the strip 62 and its other flange 65' extending downwardly to engage the front posts 10, 10 to hold the shelf in horizontal position when'it is open as shown in Fig. 1. Then turned upwardly on its hinges the shelf 60 closes the front opening of the upper chamber 36 as shown in Fig. 4.

The top opening of the upper Chamber 36 may be closed by means of a cover 70. The cover has a frame constructed 'of four angle irons 71, 72, 7 3, 74. each having one flange in the plane of the cover and one flange 76 extending inwardly. A piece of sheet metal 77 is Asecured over this frame and has its edges 78 bent inwardly and turned over the inwardly extending flanges 76 of the angle irons. The inne!1 side of the cover is provided with display pockets 79. The coveris secured -to the cabinet by means of hinges 8() which are attached to the inner side of the flange 7 5 of the angle iron 74 of The side wall may be lill? lib bottom thereof, each adapted to hook over said member so that said side wall may be' secured to said cabinet either with its display holders outward or with its display holders inward. n

5, A display cabinet having an open side, a sill extending across the upper surface of the bottom of the cabinet at said open side, a member extending across the open side of the cabinet directly above saidv sill, la removable side wall, display holders on one side of said side wall, a "U-shaped* flange extending from the bottom edge of said side wall, projecting from ther side of the wall to which the display holders are secured and adapted to hoolrover said sill, and U-shaped flanges projecting from opposite sides of the side wall above the "bottom thereof, each adapted to hook over said member, so that sa-id side wall may be secured to the cabinet in vertical lposition with its display holders inward, and may be secured to the cabinet in outwardly inclined position, with its display holders outward.

6. Adisplay cabinet having in one of its sides an opening extending toits bottom,fa sill extending across the upper surfaceof the bottom of the cabinet iat the lower edge of said opening, a member extending across the opening above the bottom thereof, a removable side wall having at its bott'om'a U-shaped flange adapted to `hook over said sill andhaving above its bottom the U- shapedA flange adapted to hook over said member, guides extending along the side edges ofsaid opening and adapted to engage the 'side edges of said side wall so as to prevent inward or lateral movement thereof, and a cover for the top of said cabinet adapted when closed to engage the uppeiedge of said side wall so as to prevent raisin it to .release its U-shaped flanges from said sill.

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7. A display cabinet having an opening L in the lower part of one of its sides, a sill extending across the upper surface of the bottom of the cabinet at the lower edge of said opening, a removable 'side wall adapted tof extend over said opening and over the side of the cabinet above saidv opening, a U-shaped flange atthelower edge of said removable wall adapted to hook` over said sill, a U-shaped flangeat the upper edge of said removable wall adapted to hook over the upper edge of the side wall of the cabinet, and a cover for the topi of the cabinet adapted when closed to engage the upper edge of the removable wall so as to prevent raising it to release its U-shaped flanges.

8. A display cabinet having an opening in the lower part of one of its sides, a sill extending across the upper surface of the bottom ofthe cabinet at the -lower edge of said opening, a reversible side wall adapted to coversai'd opening and the side of the cabin50/agees net above said opening, display holders on the lower portion of one side of said reversiblewall, a U-shaped flange at the bottom edge of said reversiblewall adapted to hook over said sill, and a double-U-shaped flange at the rupper edge of said reversible wall projecting at each side of the wall and adapted to hook over the upper edge of the side of the cabinet when either side of the removable wall is'turned inward.

9. A display cabinet having an opening in the lower part of one of its sides, inturned guide flanges extending along vthe sidesof said opening, a sill extending across the upper surface of the bottom of the cabinet at the bottom edge of said opening, a removable side wall adapted to cover said opening and the side of the cabinet above said opening, side flanges on said wall having upper portions which are folded against the inner side of said wall and lower portions which extend perpendicularly inward from the removable walll and engage said guide.iianges,a U-shaped flange at the bottom edge of lsaid removable wall adaptedto.

hool'r over said sill,"and a U-shaped flange at the upper edge` of said wall adapted to hook over the upper edge of the side of the cabinet.

10. Adisplay cabinet having a horizontal partition and providing,`below said partition, a chamber which is open at the sides and, above said partition, a chamber which is open at the front and top, a hinged closure for the front opening of the upper chamber, removable closures for the side openings of the lower chamber, and a hinged cover for the ,top opening of the .upper chamber adapted when closed to engage said hinged closure 4and said removable closures and to prevent the opening and removal thereof.

11. A display cabinet having a horizontal partition and providing, below said partition, a chamber which 4is open at the sides and, above said partition, a chamber which is open at the front and top, a shelf hinged to the front of the cabinet so that it may be turned outwardly to form a continuation of said horizontal partition or turned upwardly to close the front opening of the upper chamber, removable side Iwalls adapted to cover the side openings of the lower chamber and to extend to the upper edge ofthe cabinet, cooperating engaging means on said cabinet and said side walls adapted' to prevent outward movement of the .side walls when said walls are in position to'close the side openings of the lower chamber and to permit outward movement of 4the side walls when they are raised a short distance from this posit-ion, a. hinged cover adapted to close the topl opening of the upper chamber, extending over the upper endsof the removable side walls, and havtiti lim

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passed through a vertical position.

the cover and to the top flange 8l ,ofan 'ang-le iron 82 which Vis `attached tothe back 30 and the back wall 12 insuchmanner that its topy flange 81 krextendsrearwardly over the upper edges of the back and the back wall 12. The position of the hinge is such that when the cover is opened the flange 76 of the angle iron r'74 ofthe cover, or the sheet metal turned over this flange, engages the bottom of the top flange 81 of the angle iron 82 and arrests theopening movement ofvthexcover shortly `after the cover has This engagement, therefore, serves to hold the coverin its display position which is shown in Fig. l. To prevent accidental closing of the cover it may be provided with prop rods 84fwhich are hinged tothe cover and are of such lengthl that their l free ends rest on the table 29 and against the front flanges of the front posts 10 when the cover isin display position. .(See Figs. l and 5).' When the cover is to be closedr the rods 84 .may be, placed in one of thel pockets v79 as indicated by dotted lineslin Fig. 2.

y The'coverisof such sizethat when it is closed its inwardly rojectingiianges 76 f overlap: and' ,lie outsi e ofthe outer edges of the side walls 40, and the outer edge of the shelf f (see. Figs. 3 and 4). The cover-may be locked:y in closed lposit-ion by a padlock 85 passed through a hasp 86 hinged to the outer edge of the cover and a staple 87 secured to the lower orouter side of the shelfft).v When it is V.soyloclfed the cabinet is vc ompletely closed, and bot-hv of its cham- Y .no

bers serve yas safe storage places, since the "shelf 60cannot beopened out, and the side walls 4:0 cannot be removedgbecause the engagement of their `upper edges with the' cover prevents them from being raised sufficientlyl to disengage their U-flanges 42 from thesills 25, 25.` a

. The use of the displayacabinet is apparent from the above description. Thus, when it i f'walls Y .in their vv,pockets vturned outwardly.

When the 'cabinet is to be closed, the side walls are again removed, and are replaced with their pockets turned inwardly, the shelf 60 vis folded up, ,and the cover 7() is closedand locked. Y y Y It should be noted that the display pockets y41 and `79 which are exposed `when the cabinet vis indisplay position, are all located within the'cabinet when the cabinet is closed. `It is therefore not necessary to removeor disarrange matter arranged in them for display either when the cabinet is closed for the night or when it is opened in the mornm0.

zlVhile I have described in detail the embodiment of my invention which I now consider most desirable, I wish to have it understood that -my invention is by no means limited to the construction and arrangement of the parts ofthe specific cabinet which has been described.

What is claimedis1- l; A'display cabinet having an open side, a removable side wall adapted to close said side of the cabinet, cooperating engaging means on the side wall and the cabinet arranged to prevent outward movement of the side wall when the wall is in position to close said opening vand to permit outward movementof the side wall when it is raised a short distance from said position, a cover for the top of the cabinet adapted, when closed, to engage the upper end of the side wall, and means for securing the cover in closed position and thereby preventing removal of the side wall.

2. A' display cabinet having an open side, a removable side wall, display holders secured to one side of said side wall, cooperating engaging means on said cabinet and said` side wall adapted to retain the side wall on the open side of the cabinet with either'side of the side wall inward and to permit outward movement of the side wall when the side wall is raised a short distance above the open side of the cabinet, a cover hinged to a top edge of the cabinet and adapted.` when closed, to engage the upper end of the side wall, and means for securing the cover in closed position and thereby preventing removal of theside wall.

A display cabinet having an open side and an open top, a sill extending across the upper surface of the bottom of the cabinet at the open side thereof, a member extendingV across the open side of the cabinet above the bottom thereof, a removable side wall having at. its bottom edge a U-shaped flange adaptedto' hook over said-sill and having above its vbottom edge a. U-shaped flange adapted to hook over said member, anda cover for the top ofsaid cabinet adapted, when closed, to vengage the upper end of said sidewall so as to prevent releasing its`U- shaped flanges from said sill and member.

4. A display cabinet having an open side andan open top, a. sill extending across the upper side of the bottom of the cabinet at said open side, a member extending across said open side above the bottom, a removable and reversible side wall. display holders on one side of said side wall, a U-shaped flange at the lower edge of said side wall adapted to hook over said sill, and U-shaped flanges y on oppositesides of said side wall above the lng the front flange extending outside said shelwhen said shellc is turned upward, and means for looking said cover in closed position and thereby preventing the opening of said shelf and the removal of said side v walls.

12. A sheet metal cabinet having a front wall whose upper edge is below the top of the cabinet, a horizontal sheet metal partition extending across the cabinet at the level of the upper edge of the front wall, and having, at its front edge a ange which is bent first downwardly and then upwardly outside seid frontv wall and then downwardly inside the front wall so as to form a rigid connection between the partition and the upper edge of the front wall.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ACHILLE BRAUNSTEIN. Witnesses:

ALBERT JAREOKY, ROBERT Wn BYERLY. 

